Mary Ball Washington: The Untold Story of George Washington's Mother
By: Craig Shirley
3.13
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
The Mother of the Father of our Country. Mary Ball Washington was an unlikely candidate to be the m…
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1. In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
By: Hampton Sides
4.27
Format: 454 pages, Hardcover
On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San… read more
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"We live in weary suspense," DeLong wrote. "Wintering in the pack may be a thrilling thing to read about alongside a warm fire, but the actual thing is sufficient to make any man prematurely old."-Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
"When De Long arrived in California with Emma that May, he went straight down to the yard and feasted his eyes upon his new ship. He was smitten by the transformation that had taken place during his a…"-Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
2. Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation
By: Andrea Wulf
4.25
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the acclaimed The Brother Gardeners, a fascinating look at the founding fathers … read more
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3. The Professor
By: Charlotte Brontë
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Professor is Charlotte Brontes first novel, in which she audaciously inhabits the voice and con… read more
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4. Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter
By: Kate Clifford Larson
3.30
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
They were the most prominent American family of the twentieth century. The daughter they secreted a… read more
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5. The Prayer Box (Carolina Heirlooms #1)
By: Lisa Wingate
3.64
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
When Iola Anne Poole, an old-timer on Hatteras Island, passes away in her bed at ninety-one, the st… read more
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6. I Am in Here: The Journey of a Child with Autism Who Cannot Speak But Finds Her Voice
By: Elizabeth M. Bonker , None
3.50
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
She looked into my eyes and blinked hers slowly and deliberately, like a stroke victim, to show me … read more
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7. The Newcomer (Thunder Point, #2)
By: Robyn Carr
4.13
Format: 334 pages, Mass Market Paperback
With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr looks at letting go of the … read more
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8. Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe
By: John Guy
4.16
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
“A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . . Hunting the Falcon brilliantly shows how time, circumst… read more
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9. The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America
By: James L. Swanson
3.44
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of the New York Times bestseller Empire of the Summer Moon comes a spellbinding ac… read more
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10. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more
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11. American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper
By: Daniel Stashower
3.50
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower returns with American Dem… read more
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12. The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case
By: Philippa Langley
3.67
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1483, Edward V (age twelve) and his brother Richard, Duke of York (age nine), disappeared from t… read more
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13. Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
3.84
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
Does George Washington still matter? Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington's… read more
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- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
"When Washington became president of the United States, he was still wrestling with the meaning of the American Revolution. He'd entered the conflict an unrepentant Virginia slaveholder. By the end of…"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
14. All We Were Promised
By: Ashton Lattimore
3.80
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A housemaid with a dangerous family secret conspires with a wealthy young abolitionist to help an e… read more
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15. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
By: Anderson Cooper
3.77
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more
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16. When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown
By: Kenan Thompson
3.83
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older a… read more
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17. Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
By: Elizabeth Varon
4.15
Format: 516 pages, ebook
An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruct… read more
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"I have some little reputation, but my men made it all for me. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Article in -Sumter Republican-, October 29, 1864."-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"...the power of battle is in generalship more than in the number of soldiers. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1876)"-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"[The] object of politics is to relieve the distress of the people and to provide for their future comfort. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Letter to the New Orleans Times, June 8, 1867."-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"It does not look like generalship to lose a battle and a cause and then lay the responsibility upon others. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1896)"-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
18. The Widow Washington: The Life of Mary Washington
By: Martha Saxton
3.66
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An insightful biography of Mary Ball Washington, the mother of our nation's father The Widow Washi… read more
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19. The Last Tiara
By: M.J. Rose
4.08
Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition
From New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller M.J. Rose comes a provocative and moving sto… read more
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20. Mary Ball Washington: The Untold Story of George Washington's Mother
By: Craig Shirley
3.13
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
The Mother of the Father of our Country. Mary Ball Washington was an unlikely candidate to be the m… read more
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21. The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade
By: Hannah Durkin
4.06
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
Joining the ranks of Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Zora Neale Hurston’s… read more
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